Short Notes and Queries. 



Zonites radiatulus, Aid. Common in Rojdhouse Wood, but very 

 local. 



„ . var. viridescenti. Rare, do. 

 Z. excavatus, Beau. Common at Elland and Golcar, local. 



„ var. vitrina, Fer. Common at Golcar, and in Royd- 



house and Hey Woods. 

 Z. crystallinus, Mull. Common in woods. 

 Z. fulvus, Mull., do. 



Helix lamellata, Jeff. Scarce in Roydhouse and Hey Woods. 

 H. aculeata, Mull. Common in do. do. 

 H. nemoralis, L., rare. I have -found a specimen in Hey Wood. 

 H. horteusis, Mull. Wakefield-road side. 



H. rufescens, Pennent. Common at Elland and Wakefield-road 

 side, local. 



H. rufescens, var. albida. Rare, Wakefield-road side, local, 

 var. minor, do. do. 



(To he continued. ) 



Early appearance of the Cockchafer, — Whilst walking in the fields 

 at Royston on Sunday evening, April 1st, I noticed a single specimen of 

 the cockchafer {Melalontha vulgaris Fab.), which I believe is rather an 

 early date for its appearance. — A. P, Taylor, Mapplewell, nr, Barnsley. 



Red-winged Starling in Yorkshire. — After a rather unsuccessful 

 entomological tour on the 30th and 31st of March, I was rewarded, on 

 crossing the Pontefract and Doncaster Turnpike Road (just after leaving 

 Adwick-le-street), by seeing among the grass on the wayside a bird I took 

 to be a dead blackbird, but on picking it up it proved to be a fine male 

 red-winged starling. It had apparently been killed by flying against the 

 telegraph wires, — S. L. Mosley, Huddersfield, April 18th. 



Rainfall iox glarr^. 



Huddersfield (Dalton, 350 feet above sea level). — The total registered 

 has been 3'24 inches in 19 days, making a total for the three months of 

 10'75 inches. The average for the previous 11 years is 2*31 inches in 17 

 days, and the total for the first quarter 8*06 inches. Snow fell on three 

 days. The heaviest day's rain was 1 '14 inches on the 24th. The month 

 has been cold and stormy, with more frosty nights than in January and 

 February put together. — J. W. Robson. 



